Nabucco to ensure European energy security: The Telegraph

As arguably the most important energy project undertaken in EU history , the Nabucco pipeline was meant to bestow similar salvation on a continent becoming dangerously dependent on Russian gas.

Russia has not been shy of using its energy might to achieve its political goals. Both Ukraine and Belarus have seen their gas supplies severed as Russia has sought to reassert its influence over what it calls its "near abroad", the author of the article says.

"Some EU members, particularly those who belonged to the Warsaw Pact, fear that over-dependence on Russian energy could mean they, too, fall victim to the Kremlin's whim. For Russia though, Nabucco represents what it most fears: the EU acting in concert to defend its interests."